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what was it that changed your mind, that led you to make the arguments you did in the mid 2000s? >> i remember vividly the night when the war commenced. i was asked by the "newshour", pbs, to be there. the expectation was the war was imminent, and i was asked to comment on it. and i remember the moment vividly when the news came that major explosions are taking place in baghdad, that baghdad is under air assault and that the war or had begun -- the war had begun. and i had such a sick feeling if my stomach. i said to myself, i just hope to god that we now find those weapons of mass destruction. because that was the reason why the war was started. and i was already by then conscious of this act that there was a deliberate confusion in terminology used by the administration to justify the initiation of hostilities. for the weapons of mass destruction were alleged to include atomic weapons, long-range capability to deliver them and chemical weapons as well as back tier logical ones. and, of course, anyone knows that chemical weapons were invented back in 1916 and used in world war i
what was it that changed your mind, that led you to make the arguments you did in the mid 2000s? >> i remember vividly the night when the war commenced. i was asked by the "newshour", pbs, to be there. the expectation was the war was imminent, and i was asked to comment on it. and i remember the moment vividly when the news came that major explosions are taking place in baghdad, that baghdad is under air assault and that the war or had begun -- the war had begun. and i had such...
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Mar 12, 2013
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it's climate change. this from an admiral who is dealing with a bellicose north korea, an escalating conflict between japan and china in the east china sea. his answer to what's the biggest threat to america is climate change. and yet, we have one of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle who objected to a clause that points out what is very clear in data around the world, and that is the impact that changes in our climate are having on women who are so often the food gatherers for their families. well, this issue of climate change is not going away any time soon, and you can deny that it exists but it exists. the data is clear, and i believe we need to come together to address this serious concern to help other countries find ways of mitigating the harmful effects of climate change. and just as climate change deserves attention, we also need to continue our effort to promote equal rights and equal opportunities for women everywhere. we know that all of society benefits. when women are more fully i
it's climate change. this from an admiral who is dealing with a bellicose north korea, an escalating conflict between japan and china in the east china sea. his answer to what's the biggest threat to america is climate change. and yet, we have one of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle who objected to a clause that points out what is very clear in data around the world, and that is the impact that changes in our climate are having on women who are so often the food gatherers for their...
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Mar 26, 2013
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but when your circumstances change, your perspective changes too. she said, my quality of life is looking at you. my quality of life is sharing our memories together. it's living in the home that we created together. that's my quality of life and that's worth fighting for. [cheering and applause] that's the kind of love that nancy and i shared. we shared hopes and dreams and health care struggles. we were there for each other in sickness and healthy. -- health. we tried very, very hard to grow old together. we were together for seventeen years until death did us part. we had the kind of marriage that most people dream of, young people, old people, gay people, straight people. nancy and i felt the joy of marriage, we had the love and commitment of marriage, but we could only yearn to have our marriage be respected by the laws of our land. nancy would be so proud and so very happy to be with us here today as we stand on the cusp of marriage equality. thank you. [cheering and applause] >>> the viewers are tweeting about same-sex marriage. i can't help
but when your circumstances change, your perspective changes too. she said, my quality of life is looking at you. my quality of life is sharing our memories together. it's living in the home that we created together. that's my quality of life and that's worth fighting for. [cheering and applause] that's the kind of love that nancy and i shared. we shared hopes and dreams and health care struggles. we were there for each other in sickness and healthy. -- health. we tried very, very hard to grow...
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>> i think when to change chinese behavior to change north korea's behavior. i say that with respect. i spent a lot of time in china, i'm not anti-chinese but as a pragmatic american diplomat, i see no choice but to impose greater consequences on china implicit and cooperation in north korea's regime and its nuclear program and missile program. >> thank you. >> republicans and rand paul of kentucky held at the senate floor for more than 12 hours yesterday. as he and other senators filibustered the nomination of john brennan to head the cia. just before yield the floor, he talked about his efforts to get answers from the administration about the legality of the drone strikes. >> mr. president, i am hopeful we are drawn attention to this issue, this issue won't fade away, that president will, that the president will tomorrow come up with a response. i would like nothing more than to facilitate the voting and the continuation of the debate tomorrow. i hope the president will respond to us. we have tried repeatedly throughout the day and we'll see what the outcome
>> i think when to change chinese behavior to change north korea's behavior. i say that with respect. i spent a lot of time in china, i'm not anti-chinese but as a pragmatic american diplomat, i see no choice but to impose greater consequences on china implicit and cooperation in north korea's regime and its nuclear program and missile program. >> thank you. >> republicans and rand paul of kentucky held at the senate floor for more than 12 hours yesterday. as he and other...
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no change at all. we watch ad serious storm and it does not for the country at all change the proportion of people who say it would be bad. you can see there are no asterisks here. there is a 12 percentage point increase but nonsignificant among the nonbelievers. i can not reject the hypothesis that is zero from these data. but we see a significant change here. let me get there. the question here will global warming be a nationally serious problem in the future? no net change. a significant decrease for democrats. again, we see a 16 percentage point increase among the skeptics. so 16% of 20% coupled with everybody else equals nothing happening for the country as a whole. will global warming be a globally serious problem? again, no net change for the country but that group of skeptics, see an increase. but remember, i've got to tell you an important thing about the wording of these questions. these folks here, who have said to us, i don't think it's happening, when we asked them, this question, do you t
no change at all. we watch ad serious storm and it does not for the country at all change the proportion of people who say it would be bad. you can see there are no asterisks here. there is a 12 percentage point increase but nonsignificant among the nonbelievers. i can not reject the hypothesis that is zero from these data. but we see a significant change here. let me get there. the question here will global warming be a nationally serious problem in the future? no net change. a significant...
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Mar 25, 2013
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it changes the speed. we change the nature of it so wi-fi is now part of our definition of rock band so we want to have the fastest wi-fi as well as the fastest pipe. we want to offer you access outside of your home, so it's changing. i think television is and will change more in the next five years than it has in the last 50. and phones, everybody forgets about phones. if you have a wireless phone you say i don't need of wire phone. the telephony business, we brought that into home security, where the world can go. to automatically save electricity and video, baby monitors, security, health care monitoring. we are working with health care providers to talk about the growing problem of diabetes in the country and should we be able to help you check in on demand, on line in smart devices it's a pretty exciting time for all those businesses. >> let me ask your thoughts. if you are watching cable in your house and something isn't working and you want to call the cable company up -- >> that never happens. >> d
it changes the speed. we change the nature of it so wi-fi is now part of our definition of rock band so we want to have the fastest wi-fi as well as the fastest pipe. we want to offer you access outside of your home, so it's changing. i think television is and will change more in the next five years than it has in the last 50. and phones, everybody forgets about phones. if you have a wireless phone you say i don't need of wire phone. the telephony business, we brought that into home security,...
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and just to change that and he had to change the thinking. or when i somebody and i watched somebody who spends $400 million on campaigns with perhaps the worst ads i've ever seen. i mean, they did ads on obama that i thought he was being paid for by the obama campaign. it was so incredible. do you member the gam tamest superhero at? people want a superhero. they made obama -- it was great but i said what a great and obama did. and i said oh, oh, my, that was done by the republican. so when you spend $400 million its affiliate and you don't have one victory, you know there's something seriously seriously wrong. now, i've made over $8 billion. in fact, was thinking of running i actually filed my financial statement. a lot of people were surprised. but more than that, i've employed tens of thousands of people. and yet i am continually criticized by total light weights -- [laughter] all over the place. it simply the. it really is unbelievable. [applause] you see these guys, you see these guys on television, they can't buy a clean shirt and they
and just to change that and he had to change the thinking. or when i somebody and i watched somebody who spends $400 million on campaigns with perhaps the worst ads i've ever seen. i mean, they did ads on obama that i thought he was being paid for by the obama campaign. it was so incredible. do you member the gam tamest superhero at? people want a superhero. they made obama -- it was great but i said what a great and obama did. and i said oh, oh, my, that was done by the republican. so when you...
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one thingly add is even though we were changing the culture and there were a lot of support for changing that culture, i was still around great deal of pressure to get return to flight. the message to me is if you don't get it done soon, we're going shut the program down. i got the message a number of different ways from different people. i don't know i don't -- that wasn't a threat. they really believed it. and i think that, you know, that created a tension in me that said, i've got to, you know, i don't want to be the guy that is shutting the shuttle program down. if that's the way it works, that's the way it works. i had great support from the team. and i named off many others that i didn't name but just unbelievable people. people that just stepped up and did their best, and again, and as you look at the names who became shuttle program managers later on wayne hale, shannon did a great job. as many things as we got right, we got a few things wrong. that's a lesson learned as well. we rolled out to the pad and we did a debris summit and found out that the feeline needed a heater and i
one thingly add is even though we were changing the culture and there were a lot of support for changing that culture, i was still around great deal of pressure to get return to flight. the message to me is if you don't get it done soon, we're going shut the program down. i got the message a number of different ways from different people. i don't know i don't -- that wasn't a threat. they really believed it. and i think that, you know, that created a tension in me that said, i've got to, you...
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why the change this time? >> i again i think because of logistics of this and the fact it was live streamed and print pooler was sent. there is no, i would not read anything bigger than the decision today into today's decision. >> on the gun vote in the senate judiciary committee, how will, will that factor into the president's discussions today with senate democrats? >> i think it's safe to say that when the president meets with senate democrats as he will in a little bit he will discuss an array of topics. i think he will commend the senate democrats for their focus and persistence in making sure that the violence, violence against women act was reauthorized and the president was very glad to be able it sign that. he will focus on the work that senate democrats have done with senate republicans to advance bipartisan, comprehensive immigration reform. he will, i'm sure, as you note, darlene, talk about the progress that senate democrats have made towards the goal of bipartisan measures to reduce gun violence
why the change this time? >> i again i think because of logistics of this and the fact it was live streamed and print pooler was sent. there is no, i would not read anything bigger than the decision today into today's decision. >> on the gun vote in the senate judiciary committee, how will, will that factor into the president's discussions today with senate democrats? >> i think it's safe to say that when the president meets with senate democrats as he will in a little bit he...
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so you have two factors changing north korea today. one or the broadcast were north koreans are now up on the air explaining what's really happening inside the country and our radio programs move these transistor races, you know, over the border. but interesting also is the impact that south korean, i call them soap operas. i think you're supposed to call them draw as to how many of you have seen is on these shows, the south korean dramas? they are rather addictive. but especially so for north koreans. because when they watch that they suddenly realize the difference between the prosperity in the south and the dire circumstances that they are in. and they begin to question. so here's the point. over the last 10 years, the attitudes of those defecting from the north through china, and i've interviewed a lot of them on my trips to asia over the years, have really changed with respect to north korean regime. and the influx of information all so across the rest of asia from burma to china, you know, the vietnam is changing people's attitud
so you have two factors changing north korea today. one or the broadcast were north koreans are now up on the air explaining what's really happening inside the country and our radio programs move these transistor races, you know, over the border. but interesting also is the impact that south korean, i call them soap operas. i think you're supposed to call them draw as to how many of you have seen is on these shows, the south korean dramas? they are rather addictive. but especially so for north...
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i'm not proposing a dramatic change in the policy of nutrition programs. instead, this legislation enforces the principles of good government and returns snap spending to much more responsible levels. while saving over $36 billion, our legislation also makes commonsense and comprehensive reforms to the snap program, the food stamp program, that can and should be enacted immediately. over half of the snap food benefits in our country are utilized by households with children and snap can play and does play a critical role in helping people put food on the table in times of need. however, at least 17 states -- i'm sorry to report, 17 states -- are gaming the system. by designing their low-income home energy assistance program, the acronym for that is lie hip, a very -- liheap, a very commonly used term in the nutrition programs and the energy programs -- but these 17 states designed their program to exploit the food stamp program. this is not right, mr. president. it's not right. the liheap loophole works like this: a participating state agency annually -- or
i'm not proposing a dramatic change in the policy of nutrition programs. instead, this legislation enforces the principles of good government and returns snap spending to much more responsible levels. while saving over $36 billion, our legislation also makes commonsense and comprehensive reforms to the snap program, the food stamp program, that can and should be enacted immediately. over half of the snap food benefits in our country are utilized by households with children and snap can play and...